A few years ago, Antonin Scalia, one of the nine justices on the US supreme court, made a bold statement. There has not been, he
Death-row innocents trapped in a living hell – From Port Macquarie News
04 Mar, 2012 In his 12 years on death row, Larry Swearingen’s execution date has been set three times. Three times he has known when
Oregon’s Governor halts execution calling the death penalty morally wrong and unjustly administered
Gov. John Kitzhaber stops executions in Oregon, calls system ‘compromised and inequitable’ By Helen Jung, The Oregonian SALEM — Gov. John Kitzhaber announced today he
World Day Against the Death Penalty Dinner
On May 10, Australian Scott Rush’s death sentence was repealed and Scott was sentenced to life imprisonment while the death sentences of Andrew Chan and
Stop the Execution of Mark Stroman – from Amnesty International
Mark Stroman is scheduled to be executed on July 20 for killing Indian immigrant Vasudev Patel in a series of shootings of people he believed
Chan holding up after failed appeal – from the ABC
By Helen Brown in Bali and staff Friends of Bali Nine inmate Andrew Chan say he is holding up well after learning his bid for
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd’s Statement on Scott Rush
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS The Hon. Kevin Rudd MP Statement on Indulgence – Mr Scott Rush I wish to inform the House that our Ambassador
Scott Rush’s sentence commuted to life in prison
Australians Against Capital Punishment welcome this decision of the Indonesia Supreme Court. Our heartfelt thanks go out to everyone involved in the campaign during the